Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

Industry: Mining

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rotor

Mining; General mining

Any unit that does its work in a machine by spinning and does not drive other parts mechanically.

swamp buggy

Mining; General mining

Any vehicle with very large, low-pressure tires enabling it to be used in swamps.

Any wheeled vehicle, usually self-propelled, used to transport heavy articles or materials. In mining, usually applied to dump and/or bottom-dump semitrailers used to transport mined waste and ore ...

empty rope

Mining; General mining

Any winding or hauling rope from which the load upon it has been removed.

intrinsically safe apparatus

Mining; General mining

Apparatus that is so constructed that, when installed and operated under the conditions specified by the certifying authority, any electrical sparking that may occur in normal working, either in the ...